Falk Effenberger was born in Arnstadt in Thuringia in 1971. He originally studied architecture at the University of the Arts in Berlin, then music at the Academy of Music “Hanns Eisler”. Since 1998 he has worked as a pianist, singer, composer, arranger and producer in numerous musical projects and genres, writing music for children’s books and animating short films as well. He has collaborated with Christian Weise on various theatre productions since 2011.